Today was a smooth day overall! Not a lot to share.
For most of the day I had a nasty headache. Luckily, Kathy (a 1/2 teacher) gave me an incredible head/neck massage/rolly thing that really helped for the rest of the day:) Kathy, you are wonderful!
Some things that I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that have actually stood out to me as big differences between American schools I have been in and this Australian school.
I noticed that there are a much larger number of rotation-type lessons in my current classroom. So far I have seen very, very few whole class lessons.
The other big differences I've noticed surround special education. Australia is, for the most part, full inclusion. This means that there are no resource rooms, life skills classrooms, or any other such specially designed classrooms. This means that classroom teachers must be more prepared to work with students with an even wider variety of academic, social, and behavioral achievement than some teachers' American classrooms.
Also, the restrictions and legal processes for students for students with disabilities are very difference, as well as the process toward getting a student 'funding', which includes providing them with support services such as aide time in the classroom.
Not much else to say for, although tomorrow I'll be heading to school with Kylen tomorrow to visit a different atmosphere (her school is probably about three times the size of mine). So excited to experience more!
Sorry this post isn't too exciting...
Much Love!
Megan
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